Wahhabism

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Etymology

Calque of Arabic وَهَّابِيَّة (wahhābiyya). From Wahhab +‎ -ism. Named after Islam theologian Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab.

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Wahhabism (uncountable)

  1. (Islam) A Sunni Islamic fundamentalist reform movement based on the teachings of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (c. 1703–1792), followed primarily in Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

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